Not such a happy new year for Gigaclear punters as prices to go up

Gigaclear will increase its monthly charges from 1 January 2015. The ‘pure’ fibre optic broadband provider is the latest to join the now almost traditional end of year round of price hikes, joining BT, the Post Office, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media.

The cost of all Gigaclear packages will rise by 4.8%, with the
Home 50 Unlimited up to 50Mb package increasing from £37 to £38.80
a month and the Home 100 Unlimited up to 100Mb package rising from
£42 to £44 a month.

It refers to its broadband as 'pure' fibre because it
specialises in fibre-to-the-premises - or FTTP - broadband, which
means only fibre optic cable is used to connect you to the
internet, rather than the combination of fibre optic cables and
slower copper wire or coaxial cable the major providers in the UK
use, making it much faster.

However, Gigaclear needs to price its packages in a way
that attracts private investment as it relies on this to
build networks for rural communities - its business model works
around finding gaps in the national roll-out of fibre optic
broadband by BT and the government.

While you're unlikely to be fussed about that if you're a
Gigaclear customer that's about to be hit with bigger bills, to be
fair to the provider it's been aroundfour
years since it last increased its prices.

Gigaclear has said itsprices and
packages are "transparent" compared to those of other
providers. That's because you don't need a landline to get
Gigaclear broadband - so you don't have to pay line rental - and
it's totally unlimited, so there are no extra charges for
usage.

In a statement, Gigaclear said: "We are all sold on the low
monthly cost for broadband, but in reality your bill is usually
made up of another three or four additional monthly costs, which
when combined amount to a much higher bill. With Gigaclear there
are no monthly surcharges or extras - the price you see is the
price you pay."

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